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New Year's Eve weather: Outlook good for summer-starved Kiwis
It'll be a dry - weather-wise at least - welcome into 2020 for most.

Happy New Year: Brighter weather on way for NZ by New Year's Eve
It'll be a sweet start to 2020.

The great Kiwi summer weather fail: Unsettled month continues
Tis the season for endless fronts.

Best of 2019: McDonald's franchisee Darren Rowland: 'Ketchup in his veins'
Darren and Jacinta Rowland put in some hard slog to own three McDonald's restaurants.

Star Wars moviegoer's mega meltdown: 'Turn your phones off'
Kiwi caught up in Star Wars rant in theatre after he checked his cellphone.

Lower North Island trains services 'packed like sardines'
MPs, ministers and mayors have received a tin of sardines in the mail to make the point.

Watch: Kiwi traveller's incredible footage captures hidden gems of NZ
'I just want to show the world how diverse and amazing New Zealand really is.'

House prices in South Wairarapa near national median
Strong demand, combined with limited supply, in region neighbouring Wellington.

Crazy or confident? ABs fan's bold RWC tattoo
"Crazy" All Blacks fan got a tattoo labelling the New Zealand as RWC 2019 winners.

Rugby: Both Heartland Championship table leaders upset in penultimate round
Top four completely rearranged again in one of the most competitive seasons in 14 years.

Rugby: Top sides win inter-island games in sixth round of Heartland Championship
South Canterbury and West Coast hold off low-ranked home sides to keep top spots

Wild weather: Tree topples on to train, injuring driver
The tree fell onto the tracks near Woodside, striking the locomotive.

Heartland rugby: Week 4 sees big changes on points ladder
Robbie Smith the hero for North Otago with fulltime penalty kick maintaining unbeaten tag

'Church became a place of trauma': Marist brother sentenced for child sex crimes
The 72-year-old abused three young girls in the 1970s while working in Wairarapa.

Heartland comeback thrillers by unbeaten West Coast and North Otago
Teams welcome back their NZ Heartland XV players for games going right down to the wire.

Police seek information after suspicious approach of girl in Masterton
The incident happened on Tuesday, August 27 around 4.30pm.

One dead, three hurt, in Masterton car crash
Several people have been injured, at least one critically, in a Masterton accident.

Baby Neve's goody bag: A year in gifts for the first baby
The gifts for the country's first baby have come from every corner of the globe.

Horror crash: Hurt driver's dog kept her warm for 3 days
Kerry Jordan's dog kept her warm and barked to attract the attention of her rescuers.

Watch: Kiwi traveller's incredible footage captures hidden gems of New Zealand
'I just want to show the world how diverse and amazing New Zealand really is.'

Skydive company 'devastated' by loss of young pilot in Masterton crash
Joshua Christensen, 20, of Masterton, has been named as the second pilot killed.

Trainee pilot good bloke - Black Cap
Craig McBride "impacted thousands over the decades" through cricket and teaching.

Masterton plane crash: Second pilot's body removed from wreckage
The body of the second pilot was removed from the wreckage today.

Masterton pilot's wife was in Dubai when he died in air crash
Craig McBride was killed when his plane collided with a Skydive Wellington aircraft.

Fatal plane collision: Four skydivers jumped safely before pilots killed
Residents near aerodrome looked up to see plane debris falling from the sky.

Divorce 1919 style: All on show in court
A builder, his wife, a sheep farmer and a messy Wairarapa divorce case.

Two pilots dead after planes collide near aerodrome
Skydive Wellington, Wairarapa Aero Club pilots reportedly involved in crash.

Firefighters injured while battling house fire
Seven fire trucks are at the house fire near the Tararua Forest Park.